November 2025
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Cell biology of the nucleus
This symposium has a virtual attendance option.
December 2025
Mitochondria, Ageing, Cancer (MAC) 2025
Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine for Therapy Innovation
Abstract Submission and Registration by the 17th of November 2025 at: mitochondrial-scientific-conference2025@qmul.ac.uk
Cell Bio 2025
Join us for Cell Bio 2025, the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, where the cell biology community gathers to share science, support one another, and spark new ideas.
48th All India Cell Biology Conference and Symposium
With a theme centred on ‘From Cell to Therapeutics’ , the conference highlights the critical role of fundamental biology in driving innovation while reflecting the technological prowess of the organising institute, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
January 2026
GRC: Protein Folding Dynamics
Linking Protein Dynamics to Structure, Function, and Evolution
FASEB: Phase Transitions in Cellular Signaling and Disease
This inaugural conference on biomolecular condensates will bring together experts in biophysics, structural biology, cellular and molecular biology, and drug discovery to explore cutting-edge advancements and identify key challenges in the field.
In memoriam of Prof Michael P. Sheetz – Forces at play: emerging themes in mechanobiology
This event honours the legacy of Prof. Michael Sheetz, a pioneer in the field of mechanobiology, and will gather leading researchers, students, and innovators to explore the latest advances in cellular mechanics, biophysics, and related disciplines.
February 2026
Keystone Symposia: Autophagy: Mechanisms to Therapy
This meeting will explore the roles and mechanisms of autophagy in health and disease contexts, addressing key knowledge gaps regarding its regulation and therapeutic potential.
Keystone Symposia: Membrane Dynamics, Repair and Disease
This inaugural conference will assemble experts and newcomers to the field, to discuss the exciting insights into both the cell biology and mechanisms of membrane repair, as well as emerging disease implications in Parkinson’s Disease and many others.
SBCF Symposium on the Cell Biology of Eukaryogenesis, and beyond!
After the success of previous “Cell Biology of…” editions, the French Society for Cell Biology will confront the central issue: the origin of the eukaryotic cell. Save the date! you won’t want to miss it.
Keystone Symposia: Mitochondria Signaling in Physiology and Disease
This meeting will explore signaling pathways, examining mechanisms of how mitochondrial DNA, metabolites, and ROS play central roles in epigenetic regulation, stress responses, inflammation, and aging.
EMBO Workshop: Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology
With this Workshop, we aim to unite mechanobiologists and phase separation experts to exchange emerging ideas, share techniques, and foster collaborations, thereby advancing our understanding of intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology in health and disease.
The Company of Biologists Workshop – Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales
This Workshop will showcase and bring together interdisciplinary researchers utilising imaging across different spatial levels in plants. It aims to forge links across these differing imaging areas to increase our holistic understanding of plant physiology.
Keystone Symposia: The Ubiquitin Family in Biology and Disease
This meeting will unite researchers studying ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins with those developing therapeutic applications targeting these pathways.
March 2026
GRC: Lymphatics
Exploring Lymphatic Vascular Functions in Health and Disease
GRC: Autophagy in Stress, Development and Disease
Understanding and Harnessing Autophagy in Health and Disease
EMBO | EMBL Symposium The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe
This cross-disciplinary meeting picks up where the well-received first edition in 2023 left off and will bring together scientists using cellular, molecular, ecological, physiological, and theory-based approaches to explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions.
GRC: Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology
Molecular Codes of Cell Identity and Recognition
April 2026
EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop: Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
This meeting will create an interactive environment where biologists and biophysicists can discuss and share concepts and techniques to tackle the same problems.
EMBO Workshop: Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton
The Workshop offers a unique opportunity for scientists to collaboratively push the boundaries of cytoskeleton research and explore the field’s diverse facets. The aim of this meeting is to maximize cross-disciplinary dialogue and the exchange of novel ideas.
2026 National Academic Conference of the Chinese Society for Cell Biology, the 10th Asia Pacific Cell Biology Conference and the 16th International Union of Cell Biology Conference
In order to promote exchanges and cooperation among researchers in the field of cell biology and advance the development of the cell biology discipline, a joint meeting between the CSCB, ICCB & APOCB will be held in Hefei, Anhui Province.
Mitotic Spindle: From Living and Synthetic Systems to Theory
This conference will focus on the biomechanics of the mitotic and meiotic spindle in a range of biological contexts, across the evolutionary tree, and in both health and disease, including cancer.
EMBO Practical Course – Ultrastructure expansion microscopy: from cells to tissue
This course is centred on the U-ExM based techniques applied to mammalian cells aims at disseminating and discussing expansion microscopy protocols and is intended for cell biologists, parasitologists, etc, with applications ranging from tissue to cells.
2026 Lake Conference: Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues
Join the Allen Institute for Cell Science and Circuit Neuroscience Basel in Seattle, Washington, April 20–22, 2026, for a 3 day conference, Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues: Coordination and Robustness, exploring how tissues self-organize from the collective behavior of individual cells
Dynamic Cell VI
The scientific remit of this conference is broad, but with a focus on cell dynamics it is intended to stimulate the development of collaborative approaches, sharing of new conceptual breakthroughs and the application of new technologies to established fields.
CSHL: Protein Homeostasis in Health and Disease
Groundbreaking work – on molecular chaperones, the UPR, stress responses, and how they are implicated in disease – has first been presented at this meeting over the past three decades. The 2026 meeting provides an opportunity to showcase the latest research.
The Company of Biologists Workshop: Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals
With a focus on unifying concepts rather than specific research areas, the Workshop will provide a unique forum to take stock of the rapidly expanding space of metabolic possibilities and define important questions for future research.
CSHL: Genome Organization & Nuclear Function
The specific goal of this meeting is to bring together cellular and molecular biologists to discuss recent advances in the spatial and temporal aspects of nuclear structure/function.
May 2026
Journal of Cell Science – Imaging Cell Dynamics
This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts working at the interface between cell biology and imaging, with a focus on researchers who use advanced light and electron microscopy approaches, and novel image analysis tools.
Biophysical immunoengineering: from insight to clinical application
Discussion meeting organised by Dr Iain Dunlop and Professor Daniel M Davis FMedSci.
Society for Cell Biology Singapore Annual Conference 2026
Topics
Biophysics & Mechanobiology | Cell & Tissue Morphogenesis, Dynamics & Architecture | Cellular Organelles in Health & Disease | Nuclear Regulation & Signalling | Organoids as Model of Cell Biology & Diseases
GRC: Cell Death
Cell Death: Mechanisms, Pathways and Therapeutic Innovations
EMBO | EMBL Symposium – Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation
This interdisciplinary conference will bring together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries and discuss emerging principles in condensate biology.
Mechanochemical Signals at Cellular Interfaces
This three-day meeting will foster interdisciplinary exchange and networking by bringing together leading scientists in the fields of cell and developmental biology, mechanobiology, biophysics, and multiscale imaging
June 2026
FASEB: Protein Folding in the Cell
This year’s program will focus on the latest developments regarding how the native conformations of cellular and secreted proteins are achieved and maintained. 01/06/2026
GRC: Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions
Parasite Interactions in Insect and Vertebrate Hosts that Drive Transmission, Infection, and Disease
GRC: Calcium Signaling
Expanding the Calcium Signaling Toolkit Across Time and Space
GRC: Cell Biology of the Neuron
Emerging Themes in Neuronal Structure, Function and Homeostasis in Physiological and Pathological Conditions
GRC: Marine Microbes
Decoding the Marine Microbial World: Currencies, Interactions and Environmental Controls
GRC: Meiosis
Meiotic Mechanisms: Evolutionary Embellishment of a Conserved Process
GRC: Signaling by Adhesion Receptors
Adhesion and Polarity Convergence Across Scales
EMBO | EMBL Symposium – Mechanobiology across the tree of life
Our goal is to inspire, catalyse, and foster collaborations across diverse communities to reach a comprehensive understanding of mechanobiology across kingdoms, integrating cell wall, actin and membrane biochemistry and biophysics with cell mechanics.
GRC: Lysosomes and Endocytosis
Endosomes and Lysosomes in Action Across Cells, Tissues and Disease States
GRC: Membrane Transport Proteins
Membrane Transporters and the Gateway to Health & Disease
GRC: Phosphorylation and G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks
Novel Insights and Methods Illuminating G Protein and Kinase Signaling Pathways in Health and Disease
GRC: Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy
Extending the Reach of CryoEM: New Technologies for Determining Structures and Looking Deeper Into Cells
GRC: Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology
Evolutionary Perspectives of Metabolic, Cellular and Genomic Diversity in Fungi
GRC: Intermediate Filaments
Connecting Structure, Assembly, and Phase Separation to Disease
GRC: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Linking Sequence to Disordered Protein Function
FASEB: Dynamics and Encoding in Cell Signaling
This year’s program will review findings on the spatiotemporal aspects of cell communication and quantitative understanding of how information is sent and how its processing occurs.
EMBO Practical Course – Quantitative Electron Microscopy for Cell Biology
The goal of this EMBO Practical Course is to guide participants from established methods of specimen preparation to novel and technically advanced approaches, including high-pressure freezing/freeze substitution, cryo-ultramicrotomy, and on-section immuno-gold labelling.
CSHL: Cell Modeling in Space and Time
The specific goal of the meeting is to foster creative and fruitful interactions between experimental cell biologists, computational cell biologists and mathematical modelers who have common interests in understanding cellular processes.
FASEB: Regulation and Function of Small GTPases
This year’s program is focused on small monomeric GTPases, which comprise one of the largest families of signaling molecules in biology.
UK Cellular Microbiology Network
The UK Cellular microbiology network meetings were started in 2019 and aim to be a must-attend for anyone working on host-pathogen interactions.
95th Harden Conference: Linking Golgi trafficking and glycan function
This meeting, building on from previous meetings “From Golgi organization to Glycan function” and “Trafficking and glycosylation at the Golgi apparatus”, aims to unite these two communities to learn from each other and spawn new ideas and collaborations.
GRC: Bacterial Cell Surfaces
Bacterial Envelope Biogenesis: Mechanisms and Regulation
July 2026
50th FEBS Congress
The slogan for this Congress – “Biochemistry for the next 50 years” – reflects our forward-looking vision.
GRC: Cytoskeletal Motors
Powering Molecular and Cellular Dynamics
GRC: Ion Channels
Ion Channels Across Scales Bridging Molecular Events to Physiological Outcomes
FASEB: Cell Signaling in Cancer
This year’s program will focus on the basic mechanisms of signal transduction, how these go awry in cancer treatment, and the translation of these insights into the development of new therapies.
GRC: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
Energy-Transducing Organelles at the Nexus of Evolutionary Biology and Synthetic Engineering
GRC: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
Tools and Concepts to Illuminate and Integrate Brain Development, Circuit Function, and Neurologic Disease
GRC: Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation
Biological Mechanisms and Applications of RNA
GRC: Protein Processing, Trafficking and Secretion
Basic Mechanisms to Biomedical Implications of Protein Trafficking
FASEB conference – Lipid Droplets: From Mechanisms to Disease
This 10th conference on Lipid Droplets is the premier forum for the latest discoveries in this unique field, fostering collaboration and inspiring innovation among scientists at all career stages.
GRC: Centromere Biology
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms with Implications for Development and Disease
GRC: Multiscale Mechanochemistry and Mechanobiology
Mechanics that Shape Matter and Life
August 2026
GRC: Extracellular Vesicles
Modes and Mechanisms of Action of Extracellular Vesicles
GRC: Mammalian Reproduction
Molec09ular Mechanisms and Systemic Impacts in Mammalian Reproduction
GRC: Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton
Bridging Concepts and Approaches Across Organismal Diversity
GRC: Epithelial Stem Cells and Niches
Organ Function and Multi-Organ Communication
European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research 2026
The European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research (ENPER) is the oldest international conference series that serves as a central platform for scientists investigating plant membrane dynamics and functions.
September 2026
CSHL: Translational Control
- Initiation
- mRNA Turnover
- RNA Regulatory
- Ribosome
- Development / CNS
- Disease and Viruses
- Regulation
- Elongation and Termination
CSHL: Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity
The specific goals of this conference are to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, cellular, and genetic aspects of cell migration, axon guidance, synaptogenesis, and developmental plasticity of neural connectivity.
CSHL: Mechanisms of Aging
The meeting will explore the regulation and function of genes and processes that are now known or suspected to control cellular and/or organismic aging.
October 2026
CSHL: Germ Cells
The specific goals of this conference are to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, cellular and genetic aspects of germ line and gamete development.
November 2026
CSHL: Cell & Membrane Fusion
This meeting will bring together researchers from disparate areas with a common interest in fundamental processes in cell-cell, virus-cell, and membrane fusion.
December 2026
UK Membrane Trafficking
Annual membrane trafficking meeting in London
